Compounds containing Gallium-Gallium bonds are true Gallium(II) compounds;
The triple point of Gallium, 302.9166 K(29.7666 °C,
Gallium easily alloys with many metals,
Gallium was discovered using spectroscopy by French
Gallium also forms binary compounds with phosphorus,
The melting point of Gallium, at 302.9146 K(29.7646 °C,
samples of Gallium metal are usually supplied in polyethylene
Unlike mercury, liquid Gallium metal wets glass and skin,
Aqueous solutions of Gallium(III) salts contain the hydrated Gallium ion,
For this reason, giant Gallium is not popular among aquarists.
Dehydrating Ga(OH) 3 at 100 °C produces Gallium oxide hydroxide, GaOOH.
Gallium(III) hydroxide,
Ga(OH) 3, may be precipitated from Gallium(III) solutions by adding ammonia.
The properties of Gallium are strongly temperature-dependent, particularly near the melting point.
The melting point of Gallium allows it to melt in the human hand,
hence the first ionisation energy of Gallium is greater than that of aluminium.
Of the four, Gallium is the only one that is neither highly reactive(rubidium and caesium)
Gallium also forms binary compounds with phosphorus,
arsenic, and antimony: Gallium phosphide(GaP), Gallium arsenide(GaAs), and Gallium antimonide GaSb.
Gallium oxide is a promising ultra-wide-bandgap semiconductor
for power electronics applications because of its outstanding breakdown field strength.
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At room temperature, Gallium metal is not reactive with air
and water because it forms a passive, protective oxide layer.
Compounds containing Ga-Ga bonds are true Gallium(II) compounds,
such as GaS(which can be formulated as Ga24+(S2-)2) and the dioxan complex Ga2Cl4(C4H8O2)2.
Gallium shares the higher-density liquid state with a short
list of other materials that includes water, silicon, germanium, antimony, bismuth, and plutonium.
The main metal materials include ferrous metals including stainless steel and superalloys, and non-ferrous
metals such as titanium, magnesium alloy, and Gallium.
The metal Gallium(Ga), which looks something like silver,
melts at just 85.57 degrees F(29.76 degrees C), meaning it will melt in your hand.
For this reason as well as the metal contamination and freezing-expansion problems,
samples of Gallium metal are usually supplied in polyethylene
packets within other containers.
Gallium is one of the four non-radioactive metals(with caesium,
rubidium, and mercury) that are known to be liquid at, or near, normal room temperature.
Of the four, Gallium is the only one that is neither highly reactive
nor highly toxic and can therefore be used in metal-in-glass high-temperature thermometers.
Play media In 1871, the existence of Gallium was first predicted by Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev,
who named it"eka-aluminium" from its position in his periodic table.